BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS LECTURE OUTLINES

 

Outline #1:  Defense Mechanisms and the Immune System

Outline #2:  HIV and AIDS

Outline #3:  Ebola Virus, and Other Emerging Diseases Worldwide

Outline #4:  NOTE:  This material has been condensed into Lecture Outline #3

Outline #5:  Birth Control, Abortion, and the Question of When a Life First Begins

Outline #6:  Human Cloning and Stem-Cell Research (This will not be covered.)

Outline #7:  Obesity and Its Effects on Health and Longevity

Outline #8:  Anabolic Steroids and Their Effects

Outline #9:  The Biological Effects of Alcohol

Outline #10:  Endorphins, Aerobic Exercise, and Fertility

Outline #11:  Smoking and Opiate Addiction

Outline #12:  Pain Killers and Stimulants: (continued)

Outline #13:  Historical Concepts in Biological Evolution

Outline #14:  Major Phases of SocioCultural Evolution

Essay #1:  Lucretius:  "The Nature of the Universe"

Essay #2:  Hume:  "Essay on Miracles"

Essay #3:  Rousseau:  "Discourse on the Origin of Inequality"

Essay #4:  Darwin:  "Can Man Control His Numbers"

Essay #5:  Hardin:  The Tragedy of the Commons

Essay #6:  Espey:  On the Destiny of Civilized Cultures

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